Join the conversationBlogsNews and views from our UK team and the wider Amref family. Filter by category:All Health and Climate change Health innovations Health worker training Water and disease prevention Women and girlsFilter by year:All 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 Updates on stories we shared in 2024In 2024, we had the privilege of sharing the personal stories of some inspirational people: midwives, Community Health Workers, volunte...17th Jan 2025 Women and girls health worker training A revisit to: Hellen HadiaTwo years on from graduating in midwifery, Hellen Hadia is a registered midwife in charge of the maternity unit at Mvolo County Hospita...10th Dec 2024 Women and girls South Sudan From family trade to fighting against FGM/CThe story of how Sarah Sakau went from inflicting the cut of FGM/C to fighting against it - in her mid-eighties.5th Dec 2024 Women and girls Kenya End FGM/C Bringing Health Home: Revisiting North Horr, KenyaIn the last 12 months, the One Health units run through the HEAL project in northern Kenya have been busier than they ever anticipated....14th Nov 2024 Health and Climate change Water and disease prevention Kenya Going further with Community Health WorkersCommunity Health Workers (CHWs) are effective and impactful, but their impact depends on many factors beyond training and capacity. Her...10th Oct 2024 health worker training What is a One Health approach?Animal, human, and environmental health are connected; Dr Aneesa Ahmed, Head of Programmes and Strategic Partnerships, Amref UK discuss...4th Oct 2024 Health and Climate change Health innovations Disease prevention “When we cut a girl, we cut her future short”Jane Nkotai has turned her personal struggle against FGM/C - from running 60km through the night to safety from the cut to living as a...2nd Oct 2024 Kenya Women and girls End FGM/C What do people-centred interventions to end TB look like?‘People-centred interventions’ is used a lot to describe what we do in programmes. But what does this actually mean?25th Sep 2024 Health innovations Tanzania Water and disease prevention Understanding the Mpox Virus in Africa: Challenges, Solutions and Amref’s ResponseAmref public health experts on the current state of the mpox crisis, the challenges it poses, and how Amref is working to raise awarene...23rd Sep 2024 Kenya Emergency response Water and disease preventionPaginationGo to page 1Go to page 2Go to page 3Go to page 4Go to page 5 Go to Next page